Bash: sleep execution issue with bash loadable builtins

[Thiruvadi Rajaraman]

Hi,

Found a 'sleep' execution issue with bash loadable builtins and has
performed
the below sleep test on bash-4.4-rc1.

Bash version: 4.4-rc1
Web link: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.4-rc1.tar.gz

Reproducible test case and Console logs:
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bash-4.4-rc1#./bash
bash-4.4-rc1# cd examples/loadables/
bash-4.4-rc1/examples/loadables# enable -f ./sleep sleep

bash-4.4-rc1/examples/loadables# date; sleep 1 & date; sleep 4; date
Mon Nov 27 17:00:01 IST 2017
[1] 5355
Mon Nov 27 17:00:01 IST 2017
Mon Nov 27 17:00:02 IST 2017    --------------> Took 1 Sec only instead of
4 Sec's.
[1]+  Done                    sleep 1


bash-4.4-rc1/examples/loadables#
bash-4.4-rc1/examples/loadables# date; sleep 4 & date; sleep 1; date
Mon Nov 27 17:00:16 IST 2017
[1] 5386
Mon Nov 27 17:00:16 IST 2017
Mon Nov 27 17:00:17 IST 2017


bash-4.4-rc1/examples/loadables#
bash-4.4-rc1/examples/loadables# date; sleep 1 & date; sleep 10; date
Mon Nov 27 17:00:29 IST 2017
[1]+  Done                    sleep 4
[1] 5390
Mon Nov 27 17:00:29 IST 2017
Mon Nov 27 17:00:30 IST 2017     -------------> Took 1 Sec only instead of
10 Sec's.
[1]+  Done                    sleep 1
root@cavium-Vostro-3446
:~/Desktop/bugzilla-CGX/77504/bash-4.4-rc1/examples/loadables#

Fix patch:
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# Attached the fix patch -
Fix_for_bash_loadable_builtin_sleep_execution_issue.patch


Please kindly review and suggest your comments.

Thanks,
Thiruvadi Rajaraman

Fix_for_bash_loadable_builtin_sleep_execution_issue.patch
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